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Irvin, Benjamin H.

Title Samuel Adams : son of liberty, father of revolution / Benjamin H. Irvin.

Publication Info.	New York : Oxford University Press, [2002]
	©2002

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Location	Call No.	Status
Enfield, Main Library - Children's Biographies	J B ADAMS	Check Shelf
Granby, Main Library - Children's Room	JB ADAMS	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department	J-B ADAMS, SAMUEL	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department	JB ADAMS	Check Shelf

Description	176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Oxford portraits
	Oxford portraits.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170) and index.
Contents	Prologue: the elusive Samuel Adams -- Samuel Adams's Boston -- Raised for rebellion -- Tis not in mortals to command success -- Sam the publican and the Stamp Act Riots -- Mobs and massacre -- To save the country -- The Coercive Acts and the Continental Congress -- Is not America already independent -- The storm is now over -- Epilogue: Samuel Adams's legacy.
Summary	Examines the life of Samuel Adams, a hero of the American Revolution who is credited by some with having fired the first shot at Lexington Green, the "shot heard 'round the world."
Subject	Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803 -- Juvenile literature.
	Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803.
	United States. Declaration of Independence -- Signers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Politicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Politicians.
	United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
ISBN	0195132254 alkaline paper

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